D Underbelly Explained

D Underbelly (styled D UNDERBELLY) is an underground network of independent performance artists and dancers of color based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 1997 by Artistic Director Baraka de Soleil. D Underbelly is invested in interdisciplinary exploration through the excavation of new work and communal exchange and reflects the traditions of the African diaspora immersed in a contemporary reality.[1]

The company’s work is diverse, difficult to characterise, and has included plays, elements of modern dance and African dance, new media, performance art and installation art. D Underbelly has toured the United States and internationally.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The-artists.org . 2007-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122939/http://www.kunst-net.nl/artistsblog/posts/st_content_001.cfm?id=1989 . 2007-09-29 . dead .
  2. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89677.html Playbill.com
  3. Web site: The Image Lab . 2007-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929073238/http://www.theimagelab.com/iam/prarchive3.html . 2007-09-29 . dead .